Afternoon Loop

It's good to know I can run in the afternoon because I always think I am a morning runner and can not possibly motivate myself to run later in the day! I just ran my favorite hilly 4 mile loop.. I remembered to bring my camera, but forgot to remove my earrings. There is nothing worse then running with my earnings constantly bobbing up and down hitting my ear lobes. I some how survived anyways.. and kept running bobbing earrings and all... 

Crunchy leaves under my feet and wind gusts in my face throwing leaves at me while I ran.. slowly today. It's super hard fighting the wind.. so I gave up and just ran nice and slow.. 10:33 min per mile.. It was more about just running, looking around at the trees and stopping to take photos.. 

I do like fall..and winter too but I will miss my warm summer days.. running right now seems easy and I want to run more then I have time to do.. I always feel panicked when I think of the few days I have left to run outdoors. I want to make sure I get out as much as I can.

 I pass by this grass on my run and every time I think.. we need to get some seeds to plant some in our yard. It's just so pretty. 

 I convinced Steve to go to the chiropractor with me today. It was like pulling teeth.. he did not want to go but went anyways. What do you know.. He loved it! Worked out all the hamstring issues and his lower back felt great! I doubt he will need much convincing in the future!

 A few last fall photos.. from my afternoon run.. 

 I was pretty sweaty and was curious to see the actual temperature for October 11th.. 74+F.. perfect!

 I actually baked this morning too. Cookies for my customers. Almond cookies with sprinkles.. I was sticking to my eating healthy diet and avoided eating any of these sugary treats. It's not fun giving up eating the good stuff, but I'd rather wait and eat a small amount later on then let my weight get out of hand and gain more and more. Best to concentrate on me feeling good.. losing a few pounds and watching the sugar.. Eating healthy veggies, fruit.. 

My work day is so not over.. back to work for an hour.. then off to enjoy the weekend. I'm going to try and run 13 miles on Saturday. Lets hope the weather is good enough and my toe is up to the miles. 

A Beautiful Fall Day..

What a gorgeous day we had in Minnesota yesterday.  I just had to go to our little lake by the house and soak in sun and beach.. even if its not Florida ocean.. it was still beautiful outside.

 I really wanted to run around the lake but instead I opted for sitting in the sand on the lake shore.. looking at all the trees starting to turn colors. I had the place almost to myself.. until a bunch of High School boys came and decided to throw a football right on the section of beach I was sitting.. Time to MOVE on!

It's definately not Florida sand! I miss that power..white stuff! How do we ever swim in lakes? 

 Steve grilled since we don't know how many more days we have left to do this.. Asian chicken.. peppers and tomatoes.. with ginger

 His mother's apple tart.. it was delicious.. Still trying to drop 10 pounds but I had a tiny sliver of this yummy apple tart!

 Roasted squash with brown sugar. It's a veggie right? I had one anyway even thought they aren't diet foods.. just healthy food..

No running or working out for me early this morning. I decided to work, then run and back to working later on this afternoon. It's going to be another gorgeous 70+ day with lots of sunshine but very windy so I'll get an extra workout trying to run against 35mph winds. I really hope that's not right! 

I've been really slacking doing squats daily. I only did then 3x's while on vacation last week and have yet to do them the last 3 days.. Afterall.. it's only 1 minute and 30 seconds to do 50! If I wait much longer and get out of my habit.. I'll be starting all over. Plus, I really do see a butt dimple improvement! Now to lose some fat and really see if my squats helped!!!

A tough Decision.. But the right one!

I have a ton more vacation pictures to catch up on.. (soon to post). Yesterday I had a really tough decision to make. The first one was a no-brainier! My toe was definitely bothering me while on vacation. I was sad to leave Florida but glad I was able to get this looked at. Seems my toe wasn't getting any better.. toe nail screwed up from running and a callus type growth on the top around the nail that was starting to hurt. 

I finally went and saw a doctor. I had a few options.. 1. over the counter stuff which really doesn't work well and takes ForEVER! 2. Freezing or 3. see a foot doctor and get it lazered off.. Could be very painful or just do nothing and see if it goes away. The doctor didn't know 100% if it was a wort-like growth or an infection.. any rate.. Freezing would be a good option.... Might blister and I might not be able to run for awhile and if it doesn't work.. I'll be back in a week for round 2... 

I opted for the freezing.. I was scared it would really hurt.. The unknown is really scary! It pretty much felt like my toe was getting stung by a bee.. 3x's he had to freeze it.. 

Outcome.. I'll probably have to go back next week for round 2... it did little to my toe.. and it hurt a tiny bit all day yesterday.. The good thing! I could run this morning! Off I went and ran 4 quick miles! I really need to bring my camera tomorrow while I run. The leaves are so pretty.. LOVE My running route!!! 

Running on Vacation.. Sanibel Island

I certainly can't say I was a workout queen over my week long vacation in Florida. I tried.. at least the first few days. We were lucky and stayed at a hotel on Sanibel Island. They have really nice bike and running paths all over the island. It makes it much easier to be good about getting in a workout! 

I ran almost 4 miles.. It was very humid at 7am.. so my running was difficult and very slow even for a flat surface with Zero hills. I still kept up to the kids and Steve while they biked. It was nice the hotel we stayed at on the beach had free bikes to use while on the island. 

I wish I could have run this path at least a few more times before we had to move on to our new beach location.. in Florida!

 After we all got a workout.. We had breakfast at the hotel.. on the beach..

 I was not eating very healthy.. stuck to the Froot loops because I haven't had these in ages.. And donated my croissant to feed the birds! The crows really liked butter!

 The sand was sooo nice and white.. 

 I came across all kinds of things to take photos of while I ran.. 

 Lots of shells to collect and swimming in the ocean.. 

 The perfect way to spend the morning.. I really need to live in Florida so I can run in a tank top all winter long!

It's official.. we are off..